Wind-shield for automobiles.



n E. Hass.

Patented sept. 3,1918.

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` E. B. HESS. Wmo SHIELD ron AUTOMOBILES. APPLICATION FILD DEC; 26.|911.

latenmd sept. 3,1918.

IN VENTOR Arron/ler EDWARD B. HESS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

WIND-SHIELD FDR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1918.

Application filed December 26, 1917. Serial No. 208,738.

To all whom z't may concern.'

Be it known that I, lilnwano B. I-Inss, a

citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn,county of Kings, in the city and State of New York, have invented newand uselul Improvements in VVind-Shields for Automobiles, of which thefollowing is a specification. The present invention, relates to windshields and has more particularly reference to means for providing rain.shed means that will admit of a clear vision through the wind shield.

In Re-issue Patent No. 14,4513 granted to me and dated December 18, 1917there is disclosed a structure which consists of a lower shield sectionthat occupies an upright position below the line of vision, an uppershield section. that is normally in an uliright position in the line ofvision above the lower section Iand an auxiliary shield section that isnormally in an upright position below the upper section and alongsideoi' the lower section togetherwith means that admits of, the uppersection being moved into. a sus ,tained forwardly inclined positionindependently of the other sections, and means that admits of' `theauxiliary 4section being moved independently of the upper section into asustained inverted upright position in the field of vision above thelower section when the upper section is in a forwardly inclined is usedon the Ford machine, may, by the addition of a third shield section, beconvertedinto the device of my re-issue patent aforesaid. i

This object is accomplished, preferably,

in such manner that no parts of the old structure need` be removed,itbeing merely necessary to add the attachment disclosed herein to thetwo-part hinged windshield on the car. i

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a front view of an improved wind shield embodying myinvention.

Iiig. 2 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. l.

Fig. is a perspective view of the third wind shield section ,which isadded to the ordinary two section wind shield.

Fig. 4- shows a n'lodified construction in which the third section ishinged so that it may occupy at will-a pendent position alongside thelower section.

Fig. 5 is a detail view showing means whereby the top of an automobilemaybe Iattached to the third shield section; and

Fig. (i is a, modified form showing another means for securing the topto the wind shield. i v

1 indicates a lower shield section rigidly mount-'ed on the ear in anysuitable manner as by means ol supporting means 2 indicated by brokenlines and forming in itself a part of the supporting means for thc windshield strluzture. 3 is a second section which may occupy an invertedupright position in the field olE vision above the lower section or itmay be in a pendent `position alongside ot' the lower section. 'lypicalmeans known in the art for effecting this arrangement consists ot'supports 4, that are secured to the lower section 1, and which have aVhinge 5 connected to the upper section by means of screws (3. The partsso far described cons tute a well-known type of two-part wind shieldsuch as is used extensively ou Ford ears.

Tol-ouvert this wind shield into the shield of my ite-issue latenl., No.14,413, l provide two uprights 7 haring at their upper ends a thirdshield section 8 pivol'ally su|)ported alY S) in such manner that it maybe swung into a sustaimal inclined rainv shed position, as indicated inFigs. 1, 2 and El; or it may Ybe lnoved into such other position` as maybe To avold found desirable by the driver. the necessity for removal' ofany ofV the parts when the device of this application is to be attachedtoan existing wind shield, the up# rights 7 are ,independent of thesupports 4 and are provided with end portions 10 that it over similarportions 11 of supports 4, preferably in such manner that the screwsv 12may be utilized for holding both portions 10 and 11 on lower section 1.If desired, the uprights 7 may also be ln'ovided with openings 13through which may project the hinges 5 of section 3.

It will now be uiulerstood, that the three sections 1, 3 and 8 of thedevice ot this aplieation correspond respectively with the ower section'and Supporting means, with the auxiliary section and with the uppershield section of my re-issue patent referred to above.

By the use of three wind shield sections, each having an unframed edge,arranged in the manner shown in Fig. 1, there is ob tained in the deviceof this application the advantage oi 4the feature claimed in my PatentNo. 1,2 l."l,S)47,---I. c. that of the three edges in lhe line. ol'vision being unl'ranu-d.`

Hinges, such as l--l (Fig, il), may be provided in the upright 7wlu'ireb'y, if doeii-ed, a portion of said upright may be swungdownwardly and the third :shield `section be made to occupy a. peiuleutposition alongside the .lower Section.

In'sorne types of car, it is desirable to'attach the top ofthe car tothe uprights of the wind Shield; and, ,in Fig. 5, I have indi cated aflexible connection, as 15, that may i be lsecured at-one end to the to)16 andl at its other end to a post 17 carrie( on the up` per end ofupright 7. As a modified forni, 1n Fig. 6, an upright 7 is shownprovided With a threaded openingbl 18 in the base 19 whereby a threadedmember -carried by the top of a ear maybe secured to the upright inpi'ol'ier position.

.l claim:

1. A windshield comprising: a fixed upright lower section below thefield of vision, a second section hinged at its lower end to the lowersection whereby it may occupy at will a pendent position alongside ollthe lower section or an inverted upright posi-- tion in the field ol"vision above the lower section, upright# secured to and extendingupwardly lroni thev lower section, and a third section occupying' apendent position along leide ot the second section and pivotallyconnecl'ed.- at its upper end with said ui'irights to swing* in to andout ot' an inclined rain shed position in the lield of vision.

2. A windshield coinljirising: a fixed upi right lower'section below thefield of vision, n. second section hinged al'. its lower end to thelower section whereby it may occupy at will :l pendenl positionalongside of the lower ser-,lion oran inverted upright position in thelield ol' vision above the lower section, uprights' secured to andextending' upwardly from the lower section, a third section occupying a.pendent osition along- Side of the second section an( pivotallyconnected at. its upper end with said uprights to swing* into and ont ofan. inclined rain shed position in the liclduf vision, and a hinge ons'aid supporting` means for permitting the third section to occupy apendent alongside of the 'lower section.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 24th day of December 1917.

EDWARD B. HESS.

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